Cigarette smoking device



April 9, 1957 A. GUSTAFSSON 2,788,005

CIGARETTE SMOKING DEVICE Filed Spt. 1. 1954 ATTORNEY CIGARETTE SMOKINGDEVICE Amuth Gustafsson, Stockholm, Sweden Application September 1,1954, Serial No. 453,512 1 Claim. or. 131-175 This invention relates toa cigarette smoking device.

The invention is more particularly concerned with a device adapted toreceive a cigarette to be smoked and which includes means for concealingthe fire and for collecting the ashes while the cigarette is beingsmoked.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of the abovenoted general character and for the purpose set forth which avoids theprevalent hazards resulting from cigarette smoking, such as the settingon fire of various articles and the spilling of ashes on the smokers orothers clothing, on the floor or other objects, which in any instance ishighly objectionable.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the generalcharacter referred to and for the purpose set forth which is relativelysimple in construction, is capable of manufacture at relatively low costand is also capable of use without any undue effort on the part of thesmoker.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent inthe course of the following detailed description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation Viewof the device showing a cigarette therein in which the cigarette is inthe initial smoking stage.

Figure 2 is a view corresponding to Figure 1, but wherein the cigarettehas been approximately half smoked.

Figure 3 is a fragmental side elevational view showing the cigarette ashaving been smoked and wherein the fire concealing and ash-collectingmember has been pivoted to a position permitting withdrawal of thecigarette stub from the holder.

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional view of the fireconcealing and ash-collecting member in contact with the lighted end ofthe cigarette.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view on an enlarged scale as observedin the plane of lines 5-5 on Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view on an enlarged scale as observedin the plane of line 66 on Figure 1.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, the improved device will be seento comprise essentially three members, a cigarette holder 10, a fireconcealing and ashcollecting member 11 and a coil spring 12 disposedbetween the holder and member 11 and having its opposite ends connectedthereto.

The holder 10 may be of the general form of wellknown holders now in useand contributes to the novelty of the device only in its operativeassociation with the member 11 and spring 12.

While the spring may extend between the holder 10 and member 11 out ofthe path of the cigarettes, such a spring is preferably in the form of acoil as shown, the convolutions of which surround the cigarette C andserve to prevent breakage thereof.

The member 11 is preferably of tubular form and comprises a cylindricalside wall 13 and a plane outer end wall 14.

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The coil spring 12 has one end thereof connected to the outer end of theholder 10 at 15 and the opposite end of the spring has a pivotalconnection 16 with the free end of an arm 17 which projects inwardlyfrom the open end of the member 11 toward the holder 10 and which ispreferably disposed at the lower portion of member 11 in the operativeposition of the device shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Disposed within the member 11 and substantially midway of the lengththereof is a disk 18 having a peripheral flange 19 and the disk ispivotally connected to the cylindrical wall 13 by means of diametricallyopposed pivot studs 20, 21 which are secured to the flange 19 and whichproject through corresponding apertures in the wall 13. I

The pivot stud 21 is provided with a finger operable knob 22 for apurpose later to appear.

In use of the improved device, a cigarette C has the mouth end thereofinserted intothe holder 10 and in which operation the member 11 ispivoted to a depending vertical position as in Fig. 3, and the cigaretteis pushed through the spring 12 from the other end thereof, at whichtime the spring is contracted as in Figure 3.

The spring 12 when not extended as in Figs. 1 and 2 inherently retractsto the position in Fig. 3.

When the cigarette is positioned within the holder, it is lighted andthe member 11 is then grasped by a smokers hand and the spring isextended to such extent that the open end of member 11 will clear thelighted end of the cigarette in the pivoting of same to axial alinementwith the cigarette, whereupon the spring is allowed to contract to suchan extent that the member 11 will telescope the lighted end of thecigarette so that the lighted end bears on the flange 19 when the disk18 is disposed in the vertical longitudinal central plane of the member11 as indicated in Figure 4 and which is the proper position of the diskwhile smoking.

During the smoking of the cigarette the member 11 will be constantlydrawn toward the holder 10 by the spring 12 since disk 18 will moveinwardly with the burning away of the cigarette.

When the cigarette has been smoked as indicated in Fig. 3, the disk 18will be turned transversely to the member 11 and provide a snuffingaction on the lighted end of the cigarette with a resultingextinguishing of the fire. The member 11 will then be pivoted downwardlyto the position of Figure 3 wherein the ashed end of the cigarette isdirectly over the mouth of the member and the stub will be removed fromthe holder.

As indicated in Figure 3, the ashes A are confined between the disk 18and the wall 14 of member 11 and may be dumped upon pivotal movement ofdisk 18 to the position of Figure 4.

It is to be observed that the member 11 is of relatively large diameterand as seen in Figure 4, the cylindrical wall 13 is sufiiciently spacedfrom the cigarette to provide for the admission of combustion air.

Having set forth my invention in accordance with a preferred structuralembodiment thereof, what I claim and desire to secure by United StatesLetters Patent is:

A cigarette smoking device comprising a holder adapted to receive oneend of a cigarette, a tubular fire concealing and ash-collecting memberhaving an open end adapted to receive the lighted end of the cigaretteand an ash confining closed opposite end, a coil spring having one endthereof connected to said holder and the opposite end thereof pivotallyconnected to said mem her for swinging the latter to a position normalto the longitudinal axis of said spring in a retracted position thereoffor admission of a cigarette into said holder and said spring,whereafter said spring is adapted to be extended and said memberpositioned axially of the cigarette for receiving the lighted endthereof, and a disc having a marginal flange pivotally supported in saidmember intermediate the ends thereof and on an axis diametricallythereof, means externally of said member for pivotally adjusting thedisc on said axis, said disc upon being adjusted to a position in anaxial plane of said member has the flange thereof bearing on the lightedend of the cigarette for limiting movement of the member toward saidholder, and upon adjustment of said disc transversely of the axis ofsaid member provides a snuffing action on the cigarette as well as atransverse ctosurc in said member for confinement of ashes between thedisc and the closed end of the member.

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